Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1995, 1:29 PM EDT for Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1995, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1995, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Moore County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 031730 TORRDU NCC125-031815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 129 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY AT 130 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF ROBBINS IN NORTHWEST MOORE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS TRACKING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET. COVER YOU@R HEAD. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
NCZ022-039-038-031500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 955 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAVIDSON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST... AT 955 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST RANDOLPH AND SOUTHWEST GUILFORD COUNTIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:57 AM EDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
NCZ022-039-038-031500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 955 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DAVIDSON COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST... AT 955 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORM AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST RANDOLPH AND SOUTHWEST GUILFORbD COUNTIES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
NCZ022-039-021-038-031615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1110 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 AT 1105 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST FORSYTH...NORTHEAST DAVIDSON...SOUTHWEST GUILFORD AND NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SOME HEAVY RAIN. HEAVIEST RAIN SINCE 10 AM HAS BEEN IN NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY 1.5 INCHE THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS... AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NCZ022-039-021-038-031615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1110 AM EDT MON JUL 3 1995 AT 1105 AM WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST FORSYTH...NORTHEAST DAVIDSON...SOUTHWEST GUILFORD AND NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH. THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED SOME HEAVY RAIN. HEAVIEST RAIN SINCE 10 AM HAS BEEN IN NORTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTY WHERE RADAR ESTIMATES NEARLY 1.5 INCHE THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS... AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER INFORMATION. JBP
Local storm report, Jul 3, 12:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1224 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME EVENT
1222 PM EDT RANDOLPH COUNTY. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR RAMSEUR IN EASTERN
RANDOLPH COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
HARTFIELDLocal storm report, Jul 3, 12:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1224 PM EDT MON JUL 03 1995
TIME EVENT
1222 PM EDT RANDOLPH COUNTY. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR RAMSEUR IN EASTERN
RANDOLPH COUNTY. REPORTED BY COUNTY SHERIFF.
HARTFIELDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 11:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 46 min |
| Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 42 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.